Harkstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 2020. War memorial.
Harkstead War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- long-lintel-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Harkstead War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Lings Lane, Suffolk, IP9 1DD
- OS grid reference
- TM 194 352
- Coordinates
- 51.97237, 1.19293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harkstead War Memorial is a First World War memorial that was erected in 1920 by EE Saunders of Ipswich, with additions for the Second World War. It is made of Portland stone and is located prominently on the south side of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial is situated on the west side of the footpath leading to the south porch.
The structure takes the form of a Latin cross, featuring a relief carving of a laurel wreath atop a tall shaft that tapers in an octagonal section from a battered octagonal plinth. The entire memorial stands on a three-stepped base.
On the south face of the plinth and the top step of the base, there is an incised dedicatory inscription that reads: "TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF THE / BRAVE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR THEIR / COUNTRY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE." The names of 12 local servicemen who died in the war are inscribed on the east and west faces of the plinth. Additionally, a further inscription on the north face of the plinth states: "ALSO THOSE / WHO FELL IN THE / SECOND / WORLD WAR [Names]."
Local climate
Harkstead War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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